{"id":2114,"date":"2023-11-13T19:27:39","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T19:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legalpedia.ai\/articles\/uncategorized\/what-does-author-mean\/"},"modified":"2023-11-13T19:27:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T19:27:40","slug":"what-does-author-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legalpedia.ai\/articles\/what-does-author-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does Author Mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a legal and commercial context, an author is a person or entity who creates a work and holds exclusive rights to it. Authors include but are not limited to writers, photographers, painters, inventors, or creators of software code such as apps.<\/p>\n<h2>Rights of an Author<\/h2>\n<p>The right to an author&#8217;s work are protected by the law. This includes intellectual property or patent law, copyright law, trademark law, and other related laws. 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